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Read-A-Palooza 2026

  • Family Literacy Event, Read-A-Palooza, Special Event
  • Sep 19 | Sat
  • 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
  • Intentional Sports at North Austin Community Center
  • 1841 N Laramie Ave
    Chicago, IL 60639

Read-A-Palooza is back this fall for a third year! We’re celebrating a year of reading and joy with our community and doing it in style with a literacy celebration with something for everyone.

Visit our 2026 Read-A-Palooza page for more information.

  • Book giveaways
  • Read aloud tent with live musicians to back up our storytellers!
  • Career tent: hear from experts who work with dogs as vets, trainers, rescuers
  • Healthy snacks
  • Vendors and sponsor tents including Chicago Public Library, Chicago Public Schools, By the Hand Club, Intentional Sports…more being added each week.

 

A group of adults and children sit outdoors on cushions and chairs, listening to a person reading aloud under a "Sit Stay Read" banner in a shaded area with trees.

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Don’t miss out on all of the upcoming fun!

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  • Ticketed
The image features the words "Sit" in green, "Stay" in blue, and "Read" in orange, each set in large, bold, white font on colored rectangles.

Best in Show Summer Benefit Screening

Join SitStayRead for some late summer belly laughs, to honor the great Catherine O’Hara, and meet some Dog Teams. Your ticket supports no-cost canine-assisted literacy enrichment in K-2nd grade Chicago Public Schools in 2026-27. Tickets go on sale July 15 and are limited! Sponsorship opportunities available.
  • 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
  • The Davis Theater
  • 4614 N Lincoln Ave
    Chicago, IL 60625
  • Special Event

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